Who is at Fault for a Sports Stadium Injury?

Stadium Accidents and Injuries

Many baseball fans have been celebrating opening day today and are already planning their season ticket schedules. Baseball, and any sporting event or concert held at a stadium or arena, can be a great way to unwind and spend time with your friends and family. Your family outing to a ball game can quickly turn from good fun to tragic when you suffer an injury because of negligence on behalf of the owner or operator of the stadium, arena, or sports field. When a stadium fails to maintain a safe environment, be it a loose railing or a cracked step, it could lead you to fall and experience very serious injuries.

Owners and operators of sporting venues and events are well aware of the risk of injury that can happen to spectators. In order to avoid liability, the tickets to those events often contain warnings advising you that the facility or owners will not be responsible if you are injured while attending the event. This waiver is based on assumption of risk. It is difficult to hold a stadium owner liable for injuries incurred as a result of this waiver but there are exceptions.

If the owners of the building, stadium, sports complex or arena didn’t take adequate precautions to protect you, the fan, they may be liable for injuries you sustained as a result of their negligence.

If the the stadium owner or operator is found to be negligent, you may be able to receive compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, disability and disfigurement, and loss of normal life.

Dram Shop Act

If alcohol is sold on the premises, the stadium owner or operator may be subject to some liability for injuries caused by intoxicated people under the dram shop act.

Generally, dram shops are liable when they have violated a law or regulation in the state where the liquor was served. While selling liquor to an obviously intoxicated customer represents the most common dram shop violation, the illegal sale of intoxicating beverages can take other forms, such as:

Selling alcohol without a license to do so

Selling alcohol after hours

Selling alcohol to a minor

How a Lawyer Can Help

If you were injured by slipping and falling at a sports stadium or arena, were the victim of a violent crime such as an assault, or were injured by an intoxicated person who was sold alcohol at the stadium cal the Pisanchyn Law Firm’s premise liability injury attorneys now for a free consultation and case review..

Legal issues surrounding stadium accidents can become complicated. Additionally, injuries at stadiums may involve multiple parties located in multiple states, which means a lawsuit might have to be filed in federal court.

When pursuing a claim for damages from an injury suffered in a stadium, it’s important that you have qualified representation from the Pisanchyn Law Firm’s premise liability injury attorneys.

Please, call toll free at 1-800-444-5309 for your free consultation. We have offices in Scranton, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg and will travel to you.